Combined match and cigarette box.



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COMBINED MATCH AND CIGARETTE BOX.

APPLICATLQN FILED OCT- 7- I914.

Patented. July 11, 111111.

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DANIEL TUDOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED MATCH AND CIGARETTE BOX.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 11,1916.

A Application filed October 7, 1914. Serial No. 865,531.

object to provide a box wherein the bottom I or top thereof isconstructed to contain matches which are readily accessible for theconvenient use by a smoker.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a box of thischaracter wherein the matches when removed singly from the pockettherefor on the said box will be ignited for the lighting of a cigarettein the usual manner, the box being'of novel form to serve as a containerfor cigarettes and matches.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a box of thischaracter which is simple in construction, compact, holding thecigarettes and matches in a convenient manner for the user, reliable andefiicient in its purpose, and inexpensive in manufac ture.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing,and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a box constructed inaccordance with the invention. Fig. 2 isa vertical longitudinalsectional view therethrough. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modifiedform of box, showing the cover partly broken away. it ig. 4 is avertical longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the box comprises a rectangularshaped body 5, preferably made from stifi' cardboard, although it may bemade from any other suitable material, and has fitted thereon as usual aremovable cover or top 6, and this box is adapted to contain cigarettesto serve as a carton therefor.

Secured to the opposite side edges and to one end edge of the cover ortop 6 of. the

box are the down-turned flanges 7 of a covering 8 forming a pocket 9open at a point removed from one end of the cover or top 6 f the box.However, it is to be understood that this covering 8 may be mounted uponthe body of the box in a like manner as its mountlng upon the top orcover thereof, and into this pocket 9 extend the headed ends of a cardof pasteboard matches 10, while the opposite unbroken end 11 of the cardis fastened to the uncovered end edge of thetop or cover 6 of the box,so that by separating each match from the card the same can be withdrawnfrom the open end of the pocket 9 formed by the covering 8 for use inlighting the cigarettes when removed from the box.

Secured to the inner face of the covering 8 at the open end ofthe'pocket 9 formed thereby is a sandpaper strip 12 which is designed toignite each match 10 when withdrawn from the pocket, it being onlynecessary to press upon the covering 8 at the open end thereof to bringthe sandpaper in frictional contact with the head of the match 10 whenbeing withdrawn from the pocket for use thereof.

In Figs. 3 and 4 is shown a slight modification of box, wherein thecover or top 13 has a covering 14 secured throughout its marginal edges15 to the walls of the cover or top 13 to form an inclosure or closedpocket 16 for a plurality of wood matches 17 of the ordinaryconstruction, the same being arranged in a single row, and resting uponthe top or cover 13 of the box. To the inner face of the covering 14 atone end of the box is a sandpaper strip 18 with which contacts the headof each match 17 when being removed from the inclosure or pocket 16, thecovering 14 being broken away from time to time at one end of the box topermit access to be had to the matches 17 for their removal. \Vhen eachmatch is removed, pressure is exerted against the covering 14 directlyover the sandpaper strip 18, so that on withdrawing the match from theinclosure or pocket 16 the head thereof will frietionally engage withthe sandpaper strip 18 for the ignition of the match during thewithdrawal of the same from the inclosure or pocket formed by thecovering 14. on the top 13 of the box. Preferably the matohes employedare of the safety type instead of the ordinary form of match, althoughthe latter may be used if found desirable.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction of the devicewill be clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanationhas been omitted.

What is claimed is A box lid comprising a body having a marginal rimadapting it for detachable and telescopic engagement with the box, asheet of material of a size for covering a greater portion of the lidbody and having three of its edges fixed throughout their length to theouter face of the marginal rim of said body to provide a pocketexteriorly of the lid between the body thereof and said sheet ofmaterial, a strip having a plurality of stems arranged in spacedparallel relation to each other and provided with inflammable heads .attheir free ends, said strip being fixed exteriorly to themarginal rim ofthe lid body, with the stems bent at right angles thereto and insertedin the pocket for the-

